MQL4 Reference Technical Indicators iIchimoku

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iIchimoku

Calculates the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo indicator and returns its value.

double  iIchimoku(
   string       symbol,            // symbol
   int          timeframe,         // timeframe
   int          tenkan_sen,        // period of Tenkan-sen line
   int          kijun_sen,         // period of Kijun-sen line
   int          senkou_span_b,     // period of Senkou Span B line
   int          mode,              // line index
   int          shift              // shift
   );

Parameters

symbol

[in]  Symbol name on the data of which the indicator will be calculated. NULL means the current symbol.

timeframe

[in]  Timeframe. It can be any of ENUM_TIMEFRAMES enumeration values. 0 means the current chart timeframe.

tenkan_sen

[in]  Tenkan Sen averaging period.

kijun_sen

[in]  Kijun Sen averaging period.

senkou_span_b

[in]  Senkou SpanB averaging period.

mode

[in]  Source of data. It can be one of the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo mode enumeration (1 - MODE_TENKANSEN, 2 - MODE_KIJUNSEN, 3 - MODE_SENKOUSPANA, 4 - MODE_SENKOUSPANB, 5 - MODE_CHIKOUSPAN).

shift

[in]  Index of the value taken from the indicator buffer (shift relative to the current bar the given amount of periods ago).

Returned value

Numerical value of the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo indicator.

Example:

  double tenkan_sen=iIchimoku(NULL,0,9,26,52,MODE_TENKANSEN,1);